Looking for easy-going PBEM game
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GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
Reading http://civfanatics.com/civ4/warlords/ I started thinking about backwards-compatibility. Let's say, if we update to the expansion pack's patch level and our save is not playable anymore, because I tricked the system by using a SP map/scenario to use it in MP, what do we do then? Installing and uninstalling the upgrade for one game only would be tedious imho.
Herandar IV
Pondering... pondering...
I hope the programmers have considered this.
GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
Herandar, for "normal", unmodified save games, I guess they won't forget the PBEM players. Nevertheless, this game was actually a SP scenario, and I used an inofficial tool to convert it to MP - that's what I'm afraid might not work with the next patch (or expansion, for that matter). There's no other way to play MP on an earth map, though. There's nothing we can do atm anyway, but I thought I'll just throw this thought on the board and read your reponses.
Herandar IV
Pondering... pondering...
I would think that if it saves as a MP game, it will play as one, no matter what the map looks like.
GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
save sent to Meranwe.
Happy Easter, everyone!
Happy Easter, everyone!
Hey folks, this is India in the Earth Game...I have a couple of questions:
a) will the game be able to continue under the 1.61 patch? (which I've installed and am quite happy with, it's fixed some persistent Civ4 bugginess for me)
b) I'm kind of questioning the viability of PBEM Civ4...I mean at the rate that this seems to go, we aren't likely to even move past the game's opening phase before the end of 2006. Honestly that pace doesn't seem to provide much of a gaming experience.
I wonder if we might instead try playing a game with this Pitboss thing, of which they released an update with the new patch. One question I have about that is whether it's true that someone has to leave the game up and running 24/7 as a Pitboss server...if true I might even be able to do that. (The key question being whether it is stable enough to survive periodic minimizing when my wife needs to use the computer that would be dedicated to it.) Is someone here familiar with playing via Pitboss?
a) will the game be able to continue under the 1.61 patch? (which I've installed and am quite happy with, it's fixed some persistent Civ4 bugginess for me)
b) I'm kind of questioning the viability of PBEM Civ4...I mean at the rate that this seems to go, we aren't likely to even move past the game's opening phase before the end of 2006. Honestly that pace doesn't seem to provide much of a gaming experience.
I wonder if we might instead try playing a game with this Pitboss thing, of which they released an update with the new patch. One question I have about that is whether it's true that someone has to leave the game up and running 24/7 as a Pitboss server...if true I might even be able to do that. (The key question being whether it is stable enough to survive periodic minimizing when my wife needs to use the computer that would be dedicated to it.) Is someone here familiar with playing via Pitboss?
GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
Chinetter said:
heh
If you didn't write about 1.6.1, I wouldn't even know about it
I don't know if it works with it, but we're soon going to find out... I'll install it and see what happens, same's true for all of you.
It is not the fastest game, but PBEM games usually take several years to complete.
I guess currently you just have to forward the save without even moving one or two units occasionaly (which is true in my case for instance). This is certainly not very exciting, but the tension is building up (albeit slow, slow, slow).
Afaik, one of us would have to run the Pitboss server 24/7, this is true. I'm not familiar with the procedure how to move the game to a PB style game though and I also don't know if it is possible. I initiated the game in mind that there are other players who just can't play every day. Changing the mode of play and its speed would require every current player in the game to agree to speed it up. I for sure wouldn't mind - anything that makes the group happy I'm certainly not going to sabotage - but I also would miss 2-3 turns each week if we played turns in 24 hour phases.
You decide (but also check if it's possible at all first)
Well, the save I just got appears to have been played under the patch, so I need to update before I can play it I guess.
Of course, now that I've updated, I can't play, because my computer has trouble reading the CIV IV CDs (I had to borrow someone else's CD drive to install the game with my CDs), so I either have to wait for a new no-cd patch or I can mess around with daemon tools and see if I can get that to work. I'll keep you all posted.
Of course, now that I've updated, I can't play, because my computer has trouble reading the CIV IV CDs (I had to borrow someone else's CD drive to install the game with my CDs), so I either have to wait for a new no-cd patch or I can mess around with daemon tools and see if I can get that to work. I'll keep you all posted.
GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
just sent the (correct) save to Meranwe
I couldn't say I notice much of a difference between the last patch and this one, but then otoh, there's not much to do in a turn yet and I don't play other CivIV games beside this one...
I couldn't say I notice much of a difference between the last patch and this one, but then otoh, there's not much to do in a turn yet and I don't play other CivIV games beside this one...
GrendelS said:just sent the (correct) save to Meranwe
I couldn't say I notice much of a difference between the last patch and this one, but then otoh, there's not much to do in a turn yet and I don't play other CivIV games beside this one...
So YOU'RE the reason I got the wrong turn in the mail =]
GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
mea culpa...
Sun Tzu says, confuse your enemies
Sun Tzu says, confuse your enemies
meranwe
Chieftain
so now i sent the correct save to Randle just a second ago 
GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
Randle said:
Well, that was a few days ago... who has the save right now?
GrendelS
civ addict beyond remedy
Save sent to Meranwe.
